Shadi is a guitarist, composer, singer and songwriter from Palestine. Shadi was born in exile and raised in Damascus, Beirut, Amman and Tunis. His songs are inspired by the daily lives of the Palestinians. He writes his lyrics in classical Arabic, colloquial and Bedouin dialects from poems of Palestinian and other Arab poets. His first album “About a Country” was released in 2008, the second album “Singing at the Checkpoint” in 2013.

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Our profession responds so well to traumatic events and so inadequately to ongoing, continuous, stubborn trauma that blends into the condition of living. This beautiful writing is worth reading again and again.

This posting is a fitting, heartfelt, song/video. It brings me along the long journey and grief of the singer and the people, all held along that wall. I am so glad you included it. It is very moving. Thank you. I can imagine the guns and gas.